GALA advised Cable Onda on a US$600 Million Global Notes Offering

Galindo, Arias & López acted as Panamanian counsel to Cable Onda S.A., a Panamanian corporation which is the leading provider of residential Pay-TV, fixed broadband Internet and fixed telephony in Panama, in connection with the global offering of unsecured notes in the amount of US$600,000,000.00, which proceeds will be used, inter alia, to repay certain […]

BVI – Rules on the Economic Substance Law

Following the implementation of the Economic Substance Act 2018 (the “Act”), which came into force in January 2019, the BVI  International Tax Authority (ITA) published the Rules on Economic Substance in the Virgin Islands (“Rules”), which replace the draft version of the Economic Substance Code (“Draft Code”) that was released on April 2019. The Rules will take […]

GALA advised Millicom in the acquisition of Telefónica Móviles Panamá

Galindo, Arias & López advised Millicom, throughits subsidiary Cable Onda, S.A., in the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Telefónica Móviles Panamá, S.A., as well as in the regulatory authorizations filed before the Panamanian Public Services Authority (ASEP), as well as the Panamanian Antitrust Authority (ACODECO). With this acquisition, Millicom reinforces its position as […]

Aviation Day Panamá 2019

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] GALA fue parte de los patrocinadores del “Aviation Day Panamá 2019”, evento que convocó a importantes empresas de la industria aeronáutica en América Central. En dicho evento, se realizó un Panel Regulatorio moderado por la Lic. Cristina Lewis, el cual estuvo conformado por expertos de la región, quienes abordaron el tema “Regulación Acertada y […]

New Immigration Reforms

Executive Decree No. 249 of June 10, 2019 establishes the procedure and requirements for opting for Permanent Residency, applicable to foreigners who have obtained the renewal of their Provisional Permits of Extraordinary Migratory Regularization for 10 years (Melting Pot) or their Provisional Residence Permits for 6 years (Humanitarian Reasons). For this purpose, once the terms […]

Panama Canal Authority and Mayer Brown

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Public Procurement & Government Contracts 2018

Cristina Thayer and Salomón Behar, highly ranked lawyers, were invited by Chambers & Partners, to be the exclusive expert authors for the Panama section in the first edition of the Public Procurement & Government Contracts Guide. Read publication: https://practiceguides.chambers.

GALA joins gender parity initiative

We are proud to be one of the first companies in Panama to join the Gender Parity Initiative, a public-private partnership that seeks to close gender economic gaps. At Galindo, Arias & López we are committed to adopt inclusive business practices to meet the three main objectives of this initiative which in turn contributes to […]

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